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package org.jocean.jdmk;

// RI imports
//
import javax.management.ObjectInstance ;

import javax.management.JMException ;
import javax.management.InstanceNotFoundException ;
import javax.management.ReflectionException ;
import javax.management.MBeanRegistrationException ;

import org.jocean.jdmk.comm.RemoteMBeanServer;


/**
 * Interface common to all proxy objects manipulated by
 * a remote or local MBean manager. 
 *
 * It must be implemented by both proxy MBeans generated by ProxyGen
 * (from standard MBeans) and by <code>GenericProxy</code> objects.
 *
 * @deprecated MBean proxies should be generated using {@link
 * javax.management.MBeanServerInvocationHandler#newProxyInstance
 * MBeanServerInvocationHandler.newProxyInstance}.  The interface
 * <code>Proxy</code> may be removed in a
 * future version of Java DMK.
 *
 */
public interface Proxy {

    /**
     * Returns an ObjectInstance object that contains the object name (ObjectName object) 
     * and the class name of the remote MBean that this proxy MBean represents.
     *
     */
    public ObjectInstance getMBeanObjectInstance() ; 


    /**
     * Returns the server to which this proxy is bound.
     * It returns null if this proxy is not bound to any server (local or remote).
     */
    public ProxyHandler getServer();

    /**
     * Sets the server to which this proxy is bound.
     * It is allowed to set server null, that means no sever
     * is bound to the Proxy.
     */
    public void setServer(ProxyHandler server);

}
